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Ag-Climate Tools

The Midwestern Regional Climate Center site features the following decision support tools. Some of these were developed by the Useful to Usable (U2U) project.

  • AgClimate Viewer—A convenient way to access customized historical climate and crop yield data for the U.S. Corn Belt.
  • Corn GDD—Track real-time and historical growing degree day (GDD) accumulations, assess spring and fall frost risk, and guide decisions related to planting, harvest, and seed selection.
  • Sorghum GDD—Track real-time and historical GDD accumulations tailored to the unique development of sorghum plants
  • Corn Split N—Determine the feasibility and profitability of using post-planting nitrogen application for corn production.
  • Irrigation Investment Tool—explore the potential profitability of installing irrigation equipment at user-selected locations across the Corn Belt
  • Soil Temperature Climatology—historical soil temperature statistics for the north-central United States can help producers determine climatological dates when soils reach certain temperature thresholds.

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Hazards
Changing Seasons
Drought
Extreme Heat
Shifting Species, Habitats, and Ecosystems
Assets
Agriculture and Food Supply
Sources
Purdue University Iowa State University Michigan State University South Dakota State University University of Illinois University of Michigan University of Missouri University of Nebraska–Lincoln University of Wisconsin-Madison USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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